BILL NUMBER: ACR 179	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   146
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torlakson

                        AUGUST 9, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 179--Relative to postsecondary
education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 179, Torlakson.  California State University.
   This measure would request the Trustees of the California State
University to conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of the
educational needs of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, including
consideration of the expansion of programs and services, and the need
for establishing a separate university at the Contra Costa campus of
the California State University, Hayward.  The measure also would
request the trustees to conduct a needs assessment for the expansion
of programs and services at that campus, including the specific
elements required by the California Postsecondary Education
Commission.  The measure would request that the needs assessment
incorporate a detailed survey including, among other things, a
population projection, industry and income profiles, and an analysis
of the educational needs of the area served by the Contra Costa
campus.  The measure would also request that the trustees review the
results of the needs assessment and survey and forward the results of
that review by May 1, 2001, to the California Postsecondary
Education Commission for review.




   WHEREAS, California faces a powerful enrollment demand surge for
higher education in the coming decade that is generally referred to
as "Tidal Wave II"; and
   WHEREAS, The California Postsecondary Education Commission
anticipates that 714,000 more Californians will seek a higher
education between the years 2000 and 2010; and
   WHEREAS, The California Postsecondary Education Commission
anticipates a total enrollment demand increase at the California
State University of more than 129,000 students annually by the year
2010; and
   WHEREAS, The California Postsecondary Education Commission has
further found that economic conditions, educational reforms, progress
in preparing students from all groups and locales for college, and
other factors will converge to produce these historic increases in
demand for higher education enrollment; and
   WHEREAS, The commute facing students traveling from Contra Costa
County to the nearest state university, California State University,
Hayward, has grown increasingly difficult due to heavy traffic
congestion; and
   WHEREAS, A significant increase in population is expected in
Contra Costa County and surrounding areas; and
   WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature that public programs
of postsecondary education be made available to qualified persons
throughout this state, including areas with a substantial existing
population or with a substantial projected population that are
isolated from campuses of the California State University; and
   WHEREAS, A Contra Costa campus, located in Concord, has been
established as a satellite campus of California State University,
Hayward, to provide added resources for the California State
University system; and
   WHEREAS, The Contra Costa campus of California State University,
Hayward, provides students with upper division services and graduate
courses at a unique campus setting on 384 acres; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Trustees of the California State
University are requested to conduct a thorough and comprehensive
study of the educational needs of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties,
including consideration of the expansion of programs and services,
and the need for establishing a separate, independent university at
the Contra Costa campus of California State University, Hayward; and
be it further
   Resolved, That, in connection with the expansion of the satellite
campus, the Trustees of the California State University are requested
to conduct a needs assessment for the expansion of programs and
services at the Contra Costa campus, including the specific elements
required by the California Postsecondary Education Commission; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature requests that the needs assessment
incorporate a detailed survey of the areas served by the Contra Costa
campus and include, but not be limited to, a population projection,
an industry and income profile, an analysis of the specific education
program requirements of potentially qualified students, an
assessment of the need for educational services at the upper division
and graduate levels, and an assessment of the services currently
provided by other public and private institutions of postsecondary
education, including the University of California and the California
Community Colleges; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature requests that the needs assessment
and survey include the  feasibility of collaborative arrangements
between the Contra Costa Community College and California State
University, Hayward; the development of additional facilities,
including conference facilities; the impacts to the Concord
community; and potential collaboration with public and private
entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, local
governments and health care providers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature requests the Trustees of the
California State University to review the results of the needs
assessment and survey and forward the results of that review by May
1, 2001, to the California Postsecondary Education Commission for its
review pursuant to Section 66904 of the Education Code.
